Also not sure why we needed a talking chicken that doesn't do anything. I'm just assuming that Toto wanted too much money, or they were punishing him for appearing in a different franchise, like James Marsden in X3.

I remember vividly as a kid Auntie Em saying something about them finding all the crazies locked up in a basement, they were all people who had the shock treatment but went nuts as a result, and the nurse was in on it with the Doctor. I'm guessing it was edited out for subsequent releases.

It's been a bunch of years since I've seen it, but I remember there were a lot of neat little references to sentience or consciousness throughout; animated heads, a windup robot, the magic dust that brings things to life, a talking chicken . . .

Wheaton was cut entirely from the film; the only time you can see him is in the opening (he's one of the kids the trailer park) and as a fuzzy blob when Louis says "Hear that slimes? I'm famous." at the end.